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Welcome!!!!

You have reached the homepage of the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO). The purpose of our organization is to promote the sport of Geocaching in Michigan via improved communications and to provide information to the public about our activities and the sport of geocaching. Please spend some time on our site. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us or visit www.geocaching.com for more details.

Join MiGO Today! Membership gives you many benefits. MiGO is one of the oldest and most respected Geocaching organizations in the country. Since our inception in April, 2002 we have grown both in size and stature. In 2007 we were granted an organizational land use permit by the Michigan DNR. This permit is paid annually by MiGO and enables all our members to place caches on permitted DNR lands at no fee. This is just one of the many benefits of your free membership. You'll also become part of a local and tight-knit Geocaching community with an active interest in caching in our state. Our forums are very active and are a great place to meet cachers and learn.

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Camp MiGO 2019

Are you ready for the First Annual MiGO Summer Camping Weekend?

We hope to be starting a new tradition in the shadows of an old one. In keeping with the former Haunted Hollow event that took place here over the last ten years, each year will have a theme. We begin this new tradition in the year that Michigan State Parks is celebrating its Centennial by thanking the many people who helped make our camping experiences possible, comfortable and enjoyable. Come join us for a weekend of geocaching fun and adventure, as we remember an amazing group of campers from the 1930s and 40s, the...

Civilian Conservation Corps

Come join us for the weekend of August 17th. Click this link to log your "will attend".

MSPC GeoTour

Michigan's first Official GeoTour celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Michigan's State Parks kicks off:

8AM
Friday
May 24th

The DNR Centennial Celebration has officially started. The GeoTour caches are all in place and are waiting for the Holiday Weekend.

Please note that geocaching in State Parks, Recreation Areas and Scenic Sites is limited to Day Use Hours, 8AM to 10PM unless otherwise noted.

The tour consists of 100 fun and interesting caches, 25 in each MiGO region. Achieving 20 of 25 finds in any region will net you a nice, regional pathtag. Achieving 20 of 25 finds in three of the four regions will net you a nice GeoCoin from the DNR. Achieving 20 of 25 finds in all

four regions will net you a special gold GeoCoin from the DNR. Finding all 100 caches in the GeoTour will get you recognition from Geocaching HQ.

This GeoTour was created and is managed by MiGO volunteers and funded by your fellow geocachers.

MiGO Store

The latest addition to the MiGO store is the 2019 Michigan Geocaching Calendar. Every year this calendar is a hot item and sells out quickly. Don't miss out on your chance to get one.

The funding to support our organization is derived through member contributions via donations, purchases in our store, and supporting memberships. We appreciate your interest in our organization and our store and invite you to look around. If you have any questions, you can email us atstore@mi-geocaching.org

Our store is still "under construction" check back often as we build this feature of the website. We are working on bring new and exciting products to the store.

We are looking at new items to put in the store and are always interested in your feedback. Is there something you think that the store should have for sale? Please let us know.

Challenge of the Month

MiGO wants to get you more involved in Geocaching and in MiGO. To that end, we are announcing the

“Challenge of the Month”!

Challenges will be posted on the first Friday of the month, and run until the last Sunday of the month. You can choose any cache that meets the challenge requirements, but all caches must be found during the challenge period.

We want every member to be able to participate, so every challenge will have three levels:

Bronze Level: Pretty much everyone should be able to do these, though some may have you step out of your comfort zone a little!

Silver Level: These will be a bit tougher – it’s a way to push yourself as a cacher! Can you complete the Silver Level Challenge?

Gold Level: These are for the most dedicated and hardcore cachers out there! Challenge yourself to the max and see if you can complete these very tough challenges!

Go to the Forums on the Membership page to learn more and to participate.

MiGO and You

This is the new home of the Michigan Geocaching Organization or MiGO. Geocaching is closing in on 20 years of existence and MiGO has been a part of most of that. Our goal is to promote the activity of geocaching by helping geocachers and those looking to get into geocaching. What can we do to help you? Take a look around and let us know what you think. Feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions. Happy caching!

MiGO Leadership Update 2/2019

and in her new role as Executive Committee Treasurer:
Lynn Johnson (LynnGeoGin)

We would like to thank Beverly Siersma for her years of service as our Treasurer. We would also like to thank Fred Cowles (Sludge Shoveler) and Steve Quakkelaar (MOQ’s) for their service to the Executive Committee

MiGO Member

BIG things are going on at MiGO, and I just wanted to take a minute to let you know what some of them are:

Last May we started the "MiGO Challenge of the Month". The "Second Season" kicks off March 1st. Participation has been good, but we'd like everyone to have the chance at coveted prizes awarded to some lucky member each month. Check out the Forum page on the mi-geocaching.org website for more information.

August 2019

A Big Summer MiGO Event is in the works. Stay tuned for more information coming very soon!

MSPC GeoTour
The Spring of 2019 will put Michigan on the world geocaching map with our first official GeoTour! MiGO and the Michigan Department of Resources are working together to launch a GeoTour to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Michigan's State Parks.

There are many more things to announce, but they're not quite ready yet. The new Executive Committee is working hard to restore your faith in our organization. We have new merchandise in the pipeline for the store. We have unique and exclusive path tags for you to acquire, we will have a bigger presence at events around the state and be making donations in cash and in-kind for events of all types and sizes. Let your RVP know if you have an event coming up that you would like MiGO to help with.

Membership Cost

The new site is paid for by the month per active membership. If you pay the $10 supporting membership you are paying for the cost for a year. If you sign up for a free membership MiGO pays the cost. On the old site we had over 7000 listed memberships. Why that many? The answer is people checking the site signed up for free membership and never come back. Signing up every three months weeds those inactive memberships out keeping our cost down. Which is cheaper paying for 150 members or 7,000?

We have made big strides in the number of supporting members, but we still have a long way to go to break even. Are you willing to become Supporting Members!

Scholarship

2019 recipients of the Susan Kay Schug Educational Scholarship

2020 applicantions will be available October 1st. Any MiGO member, their spouse or their child or grandchild, who will be attending a college or university, is eligible to apply for this scholarship by filling out the form, and submitting it per the instructions outlined in the application form. At the close of the application period, recipients will be selected from the eligible submissions, and announced shortly thereafter. For more information about the scholarship, click on the MiGO Scholarship in the main menu above.